<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><br></div>Hi Siva<br></div><div>I'd like to encourage everyone to be involved in some way! Even just taking an interest in the process assists, but especially by nominating candidates, or being willing to serve on one of the committees, if not the board itself.<br><br></div>If I may answer the question implicit in your comment, there is a clear set of criteria that the Nominations Committee (nomcom) uses to assess candidates, and none of them are how likely someone is to be elected.<br><br></div>When the call for nominations for board positions goes up, candidates/nominators are asked to provide statements covering both the nominee's experience, fit with the criteria, and their vision for the society and the Internet. What is submitted is extremely important.This is used to shortlist candidates and then that shortlist is interviewed by the nomcom.<br><br></div>The nomcom then compiles a final slate (usually only 2-4 per available seat) of candidates based on that process for consideration by the membership. This year there is only one Chapters seat available.<br><div><div><div><br></div><div>The quality of candidates is usually very high. Some years there are a lot of candidates, and REALLY good candidates don't make it onto the slate because of EXCEPTIONALLY good candidates.<br><br></div><div>Honestly, I am really impressed by the people that put their hands up. Some are more well known than others, but that isn't the basis for final selection. <br><br></div><div>I'd just like to encourage anyone that feels they have missed out that they should reconsider applying, as it might just be that the competition was really fierce that year.<br><br></div><div>I was nominated twice before I was elected.<br><br></div><div>best regards<br><br><br>Narelle<br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Sivasubramanian M <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com" target="_blank">isolatedn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#333333">Dear Gihan Das</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#333333">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#333333">Perhaps we could move to a system of announcing the names of all those who have expressed an interest, unlike in previous elections where the Nomination Committee or the Chair of the Nominations Committee excluded names by their own judgement on who is likely to be elected and who is not so well known.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#333333"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#333333">Sivasubramanian M </div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<br><br></font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Gihan Dias <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gihan@uom.lk" target="_blank">gihan@uom.lk</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
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<span lang="en-US">All,<br>
We
are getting ready for the 2015 Internet Society elections and as
the
chairman of this year's elections committee, I am looking for two
volunteers (one each from chapters and organizational members) to
join the committee and help run next year's election, together
with
two other trustees and the CEO.</span><br>
<br>
<span lang="en-US">The
main job of the committee is to conduct the elections for the
trustees appointed by the organizational members and chapters.
However, it does <b>not</b><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span><span style="font-weight:normal">identify</span><span style="font-weight:normal">
candidates, which is </span><span style="font-weight:normal">the
responsibility
of</span><span style="font-weight:normal"> the
nominating committee. Please</span> see <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/elections-committee-charter" target="_blank">our
charter</a> for more details.</span><br>
<br>
<span lang="en-US">An
elections committee member should be a member of Internet Society
and
should <b>not</b><span style="font-weight:normal"> be a
candidate
for election or appointment as a trustee in 2015. </span><span style="font-weight:normal">We
will conduct our work by e-mail and WebEx, and do not envisage
any
face-to-face meetings. </span><span style="font-weight:normal">The
election</span><span style="font-weight:normal"> should
conclude in
April 2015, after which we would conduct a review of our
activities
and any </span><span style="font-weight:normal">recommend any
</span><span style="font-weight:normal">changes for future
</span><span style="font-weight:normal">elections</span><span style="font-weight:normal">.</span></span><br>
<span lang="en-US"><br>
If
you are interested in joining this committee, please let me know
by
replying to this message by Thursday, 11<sup>th</sup> Sept with a
short CV and a brief description of your Isoc-related activities.
I
then expect to select two people based on their expertise and ISoc
experience.</span><br>
<br>
<span lang="en-US">Thank
you.</span><br>
<br>
<span lang="en-US">Gihan</span><br>
<span lang="en-US">Chairman,
ISoc Elections Committee 2015</span><br>
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